Hi again Friet,

I do not know much about firmware upgrades.

The discussion about including tools for 'extended lifespan' into Lubuntu can be continued at the Lubuntu Users mailing list. I hope and think other people might have ideas about it.

Please post a question in the Hardware Forum at the Ubuntu Forums.

ubuntuforums.org

I think you have a good chance to get a useful reply there too.

Best regards
Nio

Den 2016-04-30 kl. 20:02, skrev Friet Pan:
I see,

Thanks for explaining, it does make sense. And ir would make a nice
addition to this page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS

I assumes that LTS meant the same as stable. Thats why I jumped into
16.04 at the release date.
Allthough I had been warned.

I'll delay other planned upgrades, but I will Try Lubuntu on a few other
boxes.

Also, what tools are available or reccomended to do firmware upgrades
within *buntu?

I came across this post:
http://metal03326.blogspot.nl/2012/04/samsung-p-ssd1800-firmware-update.html
And I have the feeling that this could be related to the Aspire's issues.tools 
for 'extended lifespan'
But I only have *buntu boxes.

Also since Lubuntu aims at 'extended lifespan' It would be nice if these
tools would be included in Lubuntu by default, and get some exposure on
how to use them. This could get eventually get more performance out of
old boxes that are crapped up by 'that other OS'  Allthough this could
also introduce more risks if it is not 100% clear how to use these tools.

I'd be happy to give it a try, allthough it would be nice to have some
guidance. I'm a Ubuntu User since 10.04 but I don't have any dev skills.
I don't really enjoy commandline work but i'm not afraid of it.

I hope my feedback is of any use?

Best,











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*From:* Nio Wiklund <[email protected]>
*To:* Friet Pan <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, April 30, 2016 1:19 PM
*Subject:* Re: [lubuntu-users] 16.04 on Aspire One

Den 2016-04-30 kl. 11:44, skrev Friet Pan:

 > Fridays 16.04 install took ages, and at first boot more trouble, The OS
 > refused to boot, busybox came up and I decided to get some sleep...
 >
 > Today I re-installed 14.04 again on the Aspire One. And that runs fine
 > So the hardware appears to be still OK.
 >
 > Could there be a kernel bug in 'Torvalds' 4.4 regarding the (samsung)
 > P-SSD1800 device?
 >
 > Is there a way to verify kernel stuff like that?
 >
 > Why is there no 3.6 Kernel available as fallback on a install image?
 > Also since there are issues with wifi and synaptics touchpad. This way
 > you would at least have an option ti install a fresh 16.04 LTS and then
 > try bleeding edge kernels again in a week or so...
 >
 > And what if there is a kernel error regarding the SSD could that damage
 > the SSD?


Hi Friet,

There are 'always' bugs in a new release. Gradually the bugs are
squashed. If you want to smooth ride, I suggest that you only use the
following long time releases,

12.04.1 LTS
12.04.5 LTS
14.04.1 LTS
14.04.5 LTS (when it will arrive)
16.04.1 LTS (when it will arrive)
16.04.5 LTS (when it will arrive)

Waiting until the first point release, late in July or in August, will
give you an iso file which is much better debugged than the original iso
file (right now, skip 16.04 LTS, instead wait for 16.04.1 LTS).

You should also avoid to 'do-release-upgrade' until when the first point
release iso files are available (late in July or in August).

Best regards
Nio





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